Rail-joint.



L A. AUTRY & B. REAGAN.

BAIL 101m.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 10. I917.

1,241,901 Patented Oct. 2, 1917.

2 SHEETSSHEET I.

' 7 INVENTORS WITNESSES v c Q 1/74/772/ w M ,fla/ /ufleayaiz ATTo R N EYL. A. AUTRY & B. REAGAN.

RAIL JOINT.

APPLIC Y 10. 1917. 1,241,901. Patented Oct. 2,1917

- 2 ssssssssssss 2.

* "muunmrw F U" Hf!!! I LEMUAL ARLANDA-AUTRYAND Banner REAGAN, ormelanin Taxes.

To all whom it may concern:

.engagement between the saidrails, .when'the rails are associated,whereby't'oprevent the sinking, creeping, or lateral movement of therails and so retain the heads 'of 'the'rails in proper alinement wherebythe shocks and jars incident to thewhe'els of the rolling stock passingover the joint of ordinarily connected and constructed rails will beentirely overcome.

It is a further object of the invention to.

produce a scarf joint for rails which shall 'e' of a comparativelysimple construction and which shall afford a simple strong andefl'ective connection between the rails.

With the foregoing objects 1n v1ew, the invention resides in theconstruct1on,'combination and operative arrangement of parts set forthin the following description and falling within the scope of theappended claim.

In the, drawings, 1 Figure l is a side elevation of two railsconstructed in accordance with the present invention, the rails being ofmating engagement, and one of the fish plates being removed.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view approximately on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1, theconnecting plates being secured to the rails.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view approximately on the line 83 of Fig. 1. I I 1Fig. 4 is a top plan view. 1 Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one of therail ends.

Fig. 6 is a similar view end.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, the rails are indicated by thenumerals 1 and 2, respectively. The body of the rails is of the ordinaryconstruction, usual head 3, base 4, and connecting web 5, the webs beingprovided with the usual bolt openings.

of the other rail Applic'ationfiled luly lb,1917.f ser a na-iva'rss; 1

0f the said' hori'z"oiital'walls.

"ofthe' rail 1, at a suitable distance, inward of the wall or shoulder 9is provided with.

including the nArL-Jomtb. I

Specification of Lettersfatent, I P t fif d' t, 2, 191% The base'4,ofthe rail 1', is'continued a suitable distance beyond the end of the saidrail, and the said base,"at-a slight but suitable distance, inward ofthe end thereof, is out angularly from opposite directions provlding thebase with the substantially V- shaped opening 6', 'the'web being cuthorizontally in a line'w'ith the upper face of the base,.so"th=atjthe'said web isextended centrally over the opening 6,-the under face of theextensionof the web being horizontally straight, as indicated" by thenumeral 7'. The "web 5,-of the said rail 1, iscut horizontally in a'lineapproximately on the axial center of the said web and is likewise outhorizontally at the junction of the web with the head '3 of the saidrail 1, and the said"web atitheterminals' of the saidreferredtohorizontal" cuts'is out t'ransversely providing the end of the web' witha substantially rectangular depression or opening 8, thenppercandlowenwalls'of' which being I straightfand the end wall 9 being arrangedat a right angle to the plane vertically disposed shoulders 10, and thesaid head 3, at the terminals of the shoul ders 10 is cut angularly inopposite directions from the said shoulders, providing the head 3 of therail 1 with a substantially V-shaped projection 11. The projection'llterminates approximately in a, line with the terminal of the web 5 ofthe rail 1, which terminal .is indicated, for distinction, by

the numeral 12. v

The rail 2 has its base 4, at a suitable dis.- tance inward of the withtransverse'shoulders 13, and the said base, from the said shoulders iscut angularly to the terminal of the said base, which, extends asuitable distance beyond the rail proper, providing the said base with asubstantially V-shaped portion 14, which is of a size to be snuglyreceived in the V-shaped depression 6 in the base 4 of the rail 1, and

the shoulders 18 are designed to contact with the straight ends15 of thebase of'the rail 1, outwardly of the angular walls 'providing the V'shaped'depression 6. The web 5 of the rail 2 is out horizontally to aline with the axial center of the said web as Well as being outhorizontally in a line with the upper surface of the base 4 and is thencut transversely providing the same with a rail proper providedsubstantially rectangular pocket 16, which is of a size to snuglyreceive the projecting portion 17 of the web of the rail 1, the end ofthe said portion 17 contacting with the end wall provided by the cutaway portion or opening 16 of the web of the rail 2. The

head 3 of the rail- 2, at=a suitable distance' inward of its ends, iscut angularly fromopposite directions providing the same with a V-shapedopening 17 the web of the said rail 2 being cut horizontally so that thesame provides a straight, ledge 18' which projects centrally of theopening 17 in the head of the said rail 2, and this ledge, to getherwith thereferred to cut away portion 16 forms the end of the web 5o-fthe rail 2 with a substantially rectangular extension 19 of the size tobe snugly received in the cut awayportion or notch 8 in the end of theweb 5 of the rail 1.

The fish plates or connecting bars are indicated by the numerals 20, thesamebeing provided with openings which aline with the openings'in thewebs of the rails, and the numerals 21 designate the connecting elementswhich pass through the said openings and secure the plates to the rails.

Having thus described the invention, what we claim is 1 In a device ofthe class described, two rails each having projecting base portions, thevbase of one of the rails inward of the end thereof being formed with al shaped opening arranged below the; base of the said rail, theother'rail having its base provided with shoulders and being cut angularlyfrom the said shoulders to the end thereof forming the same with aV-shaped element designed to be received in the referred to V-shapedopening of the first mentioned rail, said first mentioned rail havingits web, at the upper portion thereof, notched longitudinally, thesecond men tioned rail having its-web, at the lower por tion thereofnotched longitudinally, and the projecting portions of the Webs of therespective rails designed to be received in the notches thereof, saidfirst mentioned rail having its head adjacent the end thereof providedwith transverse shoulders and with a V-shaped extension projecting fromsaid shoulders, the second mentioned rail having its head, inward of theend thereof formed -with a V-shapeddepression designedto receivertheV-shaped portion upon the end of the first mentioned rail, and

means comprisingangle bars and securing elements therefor for connectingthe rail ends. i 1 Y i p In testimony tures. I

LEMUAL ARLANDA AUTRY. BARNEY REAGAN'.

whereof we afiix our sigma-- Copies of this patent may be obtained. forfive cents each, by addressing the Comniissioner of fatents,

. Washington, D. 0., W

